diff -u pidgin-2.5.2/debian/changelog pidgin-2.5.2/debian/changelog
--- pidgin-2.5.2/debian/changelog
+++ pidgin-2.5.2/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+pidgin (1:2.5.2-0ubuntu1~hardy2) hardy-backports; urgency=low
+
+  * Apply upstream patch to fix connection issue with new ICQ
+    protocol: debian/patches/80_fix_ICQ_new_protocol.patch (LP: #340151)
+
+ -- Ilya Barygin <conscious@mail.ru>  Thu, 19 Mar 2009 22:35:16 +0300
+
 pidgin (1:2.5.2-0ubuntu1~hardy1) hardy-backports; urgency=low
 
   * Automated backport upload; no source changes.
only in patch2:
unchanged:
--- pidgin-2.5.2.orig/debian/patches/80_fix_ICQ_new_protocol.patch
+++ pidgin-2.5.2/debian/patches/80_fix_ICQ_new_protocol.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+diff -Nur -x '*.orig' -x '*~' pidgin-2.4.1/libpurple/protocols/oscar/oscar.h pidgin-2.4.1.new/libpurple/protocols/oscar/oscar.h
+--- pidgin-2.4.1/libpurple/protocols/oscar/oscar.h	2009-03-10 17:06:07.000000000 +0100
++++ pidgin-2.4.1.new/libpurple/protocols/oscar/oscar.h	2009-03-10 17:07:08.000000000 +0100
+@@ -285,6 +285,15 @@
+ 	"us", "en", \
+ }
+ 
++#define CLIENTINFO_ICQBASIC_14_34_3096 { \
++	"ICQBasic", \
++	0x010a, \
++	0x0014, 0x0034, \
++	0x0000, 0x0c18, \
++	0x0000043d, \
++	"us", "en", \
++}
++
+ #define CLIENTINFO_NETSCAPE_7_0_1 { \
+ 	"Netscape 2000 an approved user of AOL Instant Messenger (SM)", \
+ 	0x1d0d, \
+@@ -311,14 +320,14 @@
+ #define CLIENTINFO_PURPLE_ICQ { \
+ 	"Purple/" VERSION, \
+ 	0x010a, \
+-	0x0006, 0x0000, \
+-	0x0000, 0x17ab, \
+-	0x00007535, \
++	0x0014, 0x0034, \
++	0x0000, 0x0c18, \
++	0x0000043d, \
+ 	"us", "en", \
+ }
+ 
+ #define CLIENTINFO_AIM_KNOWNGOOD CLIENTINFO_AIM_5_1_3036
+-#define CLIENTINFO_ICQ_KNOWNGOOD CLIENTINFO_ICQBASIC_14_34_3000
++#define CLIENTINFO_ICQ_KNOWNGOOD CLIENTINFO_ICQBASIC_14_34_3096
+ 
+ typedef enum
+ {